Coast Guard Auxiliary Special Event Station Makes 300 Contacts

Today five members of Flotilla 4 participated in a ham radio special event to commemorate the 701st anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. This station was located near Rippey, IA and is designed to accommodate events like this. The station operated primarily on three frequencies and logged 315 contacts from 39 states and 9 countries.

Operators talked to stations in four Canadian provinces, Australia, Belgium, Cuba, Columbia, France, Germany, Italy, Peru and Spain. The purpose of the annual event was to spread awareness about the Coast Guard Auxiliary and what it does for the community.

Photos of the event can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/flotilla4/



Auxilarist Roland Newton makes contact with a station at the ham radio special event to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

(U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Photo by Doug Jansen)



Auxilarist Roland Newton (left) makes contact with a station while Norma Newton (right) wraps up a contact as Brandon Butters (center) looks on at the ham radio special event to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

(U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Photo by Doug Jansen)

Flotilla 4 Hits the Air to Commemorate the 71st Anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary

On Saturday, October 23rd, members of Flotilla 4 in Des Moines will join other Coast Guard Auxilarists to hit the airwaves to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. We will be one of several other special event stations on the air. Our callsign will be K0G. We will operate from 1400 - 2100 Zulu (9:00 am to 4:00 pm Central).

Our assigned frequencies are:
• 7.240 Mhz
• 14.345 Mhz
• 21.405 Mhz
• 28.405 Mhz

The purpose of the event is to spread awareness about the Coast Guard Auxiliary and what it does for the community. We will be updating our Flickr photostream, Twitter account and our blog throughout the day on Saturday with updates.

For QSL information please find WA0ROI in the good in the call book.

Here are some photos from our special event station last year:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flotilla4/sets/72157608201481830/


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Auxilarists Roland Newton (left), Brandon Butters (center) and John Halbrook (right) talk on the air during the special event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
(U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary by Doug Jansen)


Auxilarist Gene Kellogg aps up his contact at the ham radio special event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
(U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Photo by Doug Jansen)